Reposted by Liz Reyer
That headline says everything about time, and how it lies to us.
When a baby gets measles and survives, the story is supposed to end there. Fever breaks. Rash fades. Parents exhale. Life resumes. We file it under “childhood illness” inconvenient, scary, but over.
independent.co.uk
The deadly complication of measles that killed my daughter 45 years later
Subacute sclerosing pan-encephalitis (SSPE) is a rare complication of the measles affecting just 1 in 50,000 cases – but it can be prevented by the MMR
